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[maxwell spangler <807279@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Attempts to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 on an HP Probook 6455b
laptop results in the system hanging hard.

The kernel is able to boot and system services start, but somewhere near
(or at) the start of graphics the system hangs.  Shown on the console
when this happens is still text only -- there is no attempt to start
graphics, no black screen or GUI cursor, it just shows the most recent
line of console boot messages and then a hard hang.

The system can be booted for an install by using 'single expert rescue'
on the boot parameters.  As you might imagine, it's likely only 'rescue'
is required.  Once I got to the rescue text menu, I selected failsafeX
graphics to operate the system as a LiveCD environment.

Next I used that environment to perform an install successfully and upon
reboot, graphics come up and everything works.

I tried *many* combinations of features before I found this work around
including all the f6 options like nomodeset, acpi=off, etc., with no
luck.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Jul  7 11:37:11 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1455]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6455b
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=a7d1c7ce-3225-4385-9372-2d610ca54b43 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/05/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DTM Ver. F.06
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1455
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 75.11
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1011829
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DTMVer.F.06:bd11/05/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6455b:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1455:rvrKBCVersion75.11:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6455b
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 freeze natty ubuntu

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